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Ericsson
the world's third largest maker of cellular phones unveiled
a headset that connects to a mobile phone by a
radio link, its first consumer product with Bluetooth radio chip technology.
Ericsson AB, one of Bluetooth's initiators expects
to start selling the headset mid next year. The radio chip allows a
cellular mobile phone to be answered even though
the phone is still in a pocket or a briefcase.
Bluetooth chip,today backed by more than 1,100
companies runs over basic radio waves, allowing voice
& data to travel without wires between headsets,
phones digital cameras, palmtop computers and other devices.
Ericsson sees more than 100 million phones
using the chip in 2002.
`` If you look around you, everything you see will
be con-
connected, '' said Jan Ahrenbring, head of marketing
at Ericsson's mobile phone unit. The headset was presented at
Mobile Focus and COMDEX/Fall '99 in Las Vegas.
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strength lies where the infrared, which is currently used
for wireless communi- cations between devices, has
had some troubles. The chip allows connection
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